[Bug 644919] [gstreamer] Default bitrate too low, ffenc_mpeg2video

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644919
  GStreamer | gst-ffmpeg | unspecified

--- Comment #3 from VanillaMozilla <VanillaMozilla at hotmail.com> 2011-09-26 19:33:06 UTC ---
Thanks for commenting over there.

I notice that it's been 8 years since that gstreamer bug was reported.  I
understand the stated Pitivi philosophy of moving bugs upstream and not
creating specific patches for Pitivi, but the usefulness of that approach
depends on bugs getting patched upstream.  Unfortunately, this one is not
getting patched.

My best suggestion is to fix it with a kludge if necessary, and if that's too
hard for some reason I can't imagine, at least document it clearly so users can
deal with it.

To give you an idea of the severity, as I recall this cost me all my evenings
for a week of troubleshooting, posting to unhelpful support Web sites, trying
many other programs (which also failed for various uninteresting reasons), and
reading lots and lots of unspecific, aimless documentation.  In alternate
universes (i.e. competing OS's), my understanding is that one can just use the
default video editor without problem.

I sympathize, though.  Video standards are a mess.  A comment in the plan
reads, "Read it and weep".

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